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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>amarchiver</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
&rmi.source;
&rmi.version;
&rmi.manual.8;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>amarchiver</refname>
<refpurpose>Create, extract or list amanda archive</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refentryinfo>
&author.dustin;
&author.jlm;
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<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
  <command>amarchiver</command>
    <arg choice='plain'>--version|--create|--extract|--list</arg>
    <arg choice='opt'>--verbose</arg>
    <arg choice='opt'>--file <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='plain' rep='repeat'><arg choice='opt'><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>

<para><emphasis remap='B'>Amarchiver</emphasis> manipulates amanda archive
file.  On creation, amarchiver doesn't recurse into directories. If a filename
specifies a directory, it will be ignored.  If it specifies a character device,
amarchiver reads the device and archives the data.  If a filename specifies a
named pipe, amarchiver reads the named pipe and archives the data.</para>

<para>Note that this tool is more limited than the Amanda archive library, and
may not be appropriate for some archive files -- particularly those which use
non-strings in their filenames.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
  <varlistentry>
  <term><option>--version</option></term>
  <listitem>
<para>print the amarchiver version</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term><option>--create</option></term>
  <listitem>

<para>Create an amanda archive. Only the supplied filenames are included.  With one <option>--verbose</option>, lists the filenames.  With two, lists the filenames and sizes.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term><option>--list</option></term>
  <listitem>
<para>List the filenames in an amanda archive.  No additional filenames are allowed on the command line.</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term><option>--extract</option></term>
  <listitem>
<para>Extract an amanda archive.  If filenames are supplied, only those files are extracted.  Files are created in the current directory, suffixed with a dot ('.') and the attribute ID.</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term><option>--verbose</option></term>
  <listitem>
<para>Give more information.</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term><option>--file</option> file</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Create, list or extract from the given file instead of stdin/stdout.</para>
  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<seealso>
<manref name="amanda-archive-format" vol="5"/>
</seealso>

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